Save Our Rural Health Providers Act
Sponsored By: Representative Torres Small, Xochitl [D-NM-2]
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Summary
Save Our Rural Health Providers Act This bill requires a specific portion of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to be allocated to rural health care providers responding to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires that at least 20% of future appropriations and the unobligated balance of prior appropriations to the fund relating to COVID-19 provider assistance be reserved for rural health care providers, with priority given to providers serving a high number of Medicare or Medicaid enrollees, elderly or other high-risk individuals, uninsured individuals, or areas with limited health infrastructure.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Torres Small, Xochitl [D-NM-2]
NM • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Hagedorn, Jim [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 5/22/2020
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 5/28/2020
Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
AZ • D
Sponsored 9/8/2020
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